Huntsville City FC have played two games in 2025, with opposite results. A road 4-1 win at Chicago Fire II was followed up with a road 1-0 loss at Chattanooga FC. We've now got a little bit of data and tape to work with to assess how Huntsville wants to play, and more importantly, how they prepare players for a potential jump to the first team.
The first game against Chicago is available in full on YouTube. Huntsville will likely get a handful of games streamed there this season, and any time they do, expect a film review here at SixOneFive Soccer.
While the visuals in this film breakdown will all be from the Chicago game for ease of access reasons, the principles I'm talking about applied to the Chattanooga game as well. Let's dive into some film, shall we?
Formations
First, let's just get an idea of how Huntsville want to set up in and out of possession.
With the ball
With the ball, Huntsville like to get in some variation of the below formation, with the fullbacks advanced and one midfielder dropped deep to support the two centerbacks. Call it a 3-5-2, 3-4-3, whatever. All that matters is you understand that both fullbacks being forward is key.
This puts a lot of pressure on the team to be able to retain possession. However, if they do lose the ball high up the field, which, let's be honest at this level is going to happen, you have the numbers to immediately counter press.
